The City of Toronto will recognize 21 non-profit and private sector organizations that are constructing more than 3,000 affordable rental and ownership homes in Toronto in 2010. The awards will be presented at a recognition breakfast before regular business begins at the June 3 meeting of the Affordable Housing Committee.

Date: Thursday, June 3

Times:
Awards breakfast: 8:30 a.m.
Committee meeting: 10 a.m.

Location: Committee Room 1, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W.

The committee’s regular business session will begin at 10 a.m. with a presentation by Senator Art Eggleton, Co-Chair of the Senate Sub-committee on Cities, about the sub-committee's recent report "In from the Margins: A Call to Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness."

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